Luggage-carrier for roadsters.



E. BERSBACH.

LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR ROADSTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1912.

p25 .Brrsiaacl Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

EIVIIL IBERSBAGI-I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A

SSIGNOR T0 RICHARD J. JACKER, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR ROADSIERS.

Application fi1ed June 1, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMJL BEnsBAoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Luggage-Carrier for Roadsters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to folding carriers attached to the rear end of the body of automobiles and the objects of my improve ments, are, first, to provide a carrier which can be adjusted to numerous sizes: second, to enable attaching the device to a roadster: third, to enable locking the luggage in the carrier: fourth, to make a simple, cheap and durable device and other features to become apparent from the description to follow.

Automobiles, especially those generally known as roadsters, are built and furnished to the purchaser without any attachment or facilities for carrying luggage such as trunks, boxes and suit cases, while it is a great convenience at times to be able to carry such luggage. By the use of my invention a roadster is capable of carrying any sized parcel from a large sized trunk to an ordinary hand grip and furthermore the smaller sized parcels which could easily be carried away by a person can be locked into position on the car so that the same is protected against theft.

To describe my invention so that others versed in the art to which it pertains can make and use the same I have illustrated it on the accompanying sheet of drawing forming a part of this specification in which Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation of a roadster having a luggage carrier embodying my invention attached thereto, in a partly folded condition: Fig. 2, is a similar view showing the carrier folded to the minimum extent and locked: Fig. 3, is a rear elevation of the device as shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. at, is a plan view of the same.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

While I have illustrated my invention as applied to a Ford roadster, it is clear that Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16 191?. Serial no. 701,454..

the same can be modified to any other style of automobile. The body 5 extends horizontally rearwardly a short distance beyond the gasolene tank 6, a platform 7 is pivotally connected at 8 to suitable brackets 9 which are rigidly secured to the rear end of the body 5 by screws or otherwise. The platform 7 is preferably made of flat iron straps suitably riveted together and arranged to swing from its vertical position to a horizontal position as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l. The free end of the platform 7 is connected by the jointed braces 10, 10, to the upper ends of the uprights 11, 11, which are rigidly secured to the upper surface of the body 5, so that the free end of said platform 7 can not swing downward about its pivots 8 below the horizontal line or below the plane of the top surface of the body 5. The uprights 11 are connected by a rigid cross bar 12 to render them more rigid and also to serve as a protection for the tank 6, 2'. 8., to prevent any luggage in the carrier from contacting with said tank. A tail piece or extension 14; is pivotally connected at 15 to the free end of the platform 7 and a portion of platform 7 extends back of the extension 14: some distance from pivot 15, so that said extension 14 is locked against further movement about its pivot nonclockwise as viewed in Fig. 1, but is free to move clockwise about its pivot into the position shown in Fig. 2, resting with its free end against the two uprights 11. The extension 14: is also made of flat strap iron suitably riveted together and the end pieces of the same are made to pass snugly just outside the uprights 11 as clearly seen in Fig. 2, so that if a padlock 16 is fastened through a hole 17 provided in the upright 11 just above the extension 1% as seen in Fig. 2, the said extension will be locked against movement in a nonclockwise direction.

When the carrier is in the position shown in Fig. 2, it is in its most compact form and can be locked in position as described: when the carrier is in the position shown in Fig.

be applied to otally connected to 1, a larger parcel can be placed therein: when the carrier is in a position with the platform 7 in a horizontal position and the extension 14; in a vertical position a still larger parcel can be placed in the carrier, and when it is in a position with the plat form 7 and the extension let both in a horizontal position, then the largest possible parcel Or trunk can be placed in the carrier.

T o prevent any luggage falling out of the carrier one or more straps 18 provided with buckles 19 connect the free end of extension ll and the brace 12 between the u 'irights'll.

The carrier is made of a width suitable for the width of the body 5, and it can be modified as to the detail construction, size and form without in the least departing from the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of United States 1. In a device of the class described, in combination with a horizontal portion of a vehicle, uprights secured on the horizontal portion at each side each comprising a vertical member and an inclined member provided with a perforation near its upper end, a swinging platform pivotally connected to the horizontal portion to occupy either a horizontal position or a vertical position, jointed braces connecting the free end of said swinging platform to the upper ends of said uprights, a second swinging platform pivthe free end of said first named swinging platform to occupy a position in the same plane with said first named platform or a position at right angles there to and its side members arranged in vertical planes outside the said uprights, whereby the said parts can be locked in a folded position I ,by a padlock placed in the perforation provided in one of said uprights.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination with a horizontal portion of a vehicle, a pair of uprights secured on the horizontal portionone near each side, a

swinging platform pivotally connected to the horizontal portion to occupy either a horizontal position or a vertical position, jointed braces connecting the free end'of said swinging platform to the upper ends of said uprights, asecond swinging platform pivotally connected to the free end of said first named platform to occupy a position in the same plane with said first named platform or a position at right angles thereto and provided with side members in vertical planes immediately outside said uprights, means at the pivotal connection between said second named platform and said first named platform for limiting the movement of said second named platform about its pivot and means for locking the side members of said second named platform to said uprights.

8. In a device of the class described, in combination, with a horizontal portion of a vehicle, spaced uprights secured on the horizontal portion, a swinging platform pivotally connected to thel orizontal portion to occupy either a horizontal position or a vertical position, suitable braces connecting the free end of said swinging platform to the upper ends of said uprights, a second swinging platform or extension pivotally connected to the free end of said first named swinging platform to occupy a position in the same plane with said first named platform or a position at right angles thereto and its side members arrangedin vertical planes beside said uprights whereby the said parts can be locked in a folded position by securing a side member of said second named swinging platform or extension to its adjacent upright.

l. In a device of the class described, in

plane with said first named platform'or'a position at right angles thereto and provided with side members in vertical planes beside said uprights, means at the pivotal connection between said second named platform, and said first named platform'for limiting the movement of said second named platform about its pivot and means for securing a side member of said second named platform to one of said uprights.

5. In a device of the class described, in combination with a'horizontal portion of a vehicle, a platform pivotally connected to said horizontal portion to occupy either a horizontal position or a vertical position, a pair of spaced uprights secured on said horizontal portion, upper ends of said uprights with thefree end of said platform to support'the latter in its horizontal position and permit its being swung to its vertical position, a second platform pivotally connected to the free end of said first named platforn to occupy a posi-'; tion in the same plane with said first named platform or a position at right angles there-' to and means at the pivotal connection between the said tworplatforms for limiting the movement of said second named platform about its pivot, the parts being so con+ nected andarrangedfthat the platfo-rms'can suitable braces connecting the lowing positions: (1) With both platformsin In testimony whereof I have signed my the same horizontal plane; (2) With the first name to this specification in presence of tWo 10 named platform in a horizontal position and subscribing Witnesses this 16th day of June, the second named platform in a vertical 0- 1911, at Chicago, Illinois.

sition; (3) with both platforms in a vertical EMIL BERSBAOH. position; and (4) With said first named Witnesses:

platform in a vertical position and said seo- R. J. JAOKER,

0nd named platform in a horizontal position. A. J. GOLDFINE.

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